Kerry Kearney (1999)

About this title: New York City slide guitar demon Kerry Kearney (pronounced "Karney") comes to the table with this, his self-titled third album but his first for a label other than his own. This one finds him casting his slide guitar in different guises (acoustic Delta bluesman, Lowell George country trucker, frameworks for Bob Seger-styled power ballads, Cajun rockers, Stones-styled rockers) on originals and selected covers. The covers, however, are so drastically altered from the originals one wonders why he even bothered. There's lots of shared soloing on this, so Kearney's guitar doesn't dominate as much ... read more

Tracks:

1. Girl from Memphis [Kearney]
2. Gypsy Baby [Kearney/Licitra]
3. Come on Down [Kearney/Licitra]
4. I'm a Man [London/Diddley/Morg]
5. Independence Day [Kearney]
6. So Damn Lucky [Kearney]
7. Howling at the Moon [Kearney]
8. Roll over Beethoven [Berry]
9. Rambling on My Mind [Johnson]
10. Girl Like You [Kearney]
11. Poor Boy [Traditional]
12. Mississippi [Kearney]
13. Take Me Out to the Ball Game [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.